MSNBC, CNN & Fox News

Written by on May 25, 2023

Trey Gowdy

Fox News won prime time with 1.82 million total average viewers as its numbers were boosted by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) interview with Trey Gowdy at 8 p.m.

Gowdy brought in nearly 2 million average viewers to easily win his time slot. Notably, DeSantis’s Twitter Spaces event brought peaked with some 300,000 listeners, a fraction of the Fox interview.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell pulled off a rare win in his time slot at 10 p.m. on Wednesday, beating both Fox News’s Laura Ingraham and CNN.

O’Donnell raked in 1.64 million total average viewers to Ingraham’s 1.62 million viewers to just come out on top. In the key 25054 age demographic, however, Ingraham led O’Donnell with 241,000 viewers to his 135,000.

CNN scored 114,000 demo viewers during the hour and 435,000 total average viewers.

Here is a full breakdown of Wednesday’s cable news ratings by show:

Total Viewers (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
834
CNN THIS MORNING:
309
MORNING JOE:
907
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
88
EARLY MORNING:
27
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1072
CNN THIS MORNING:
368
WAKE UP AMERICA:
247
MORNING IN AMERICA:
28
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
1298
CNN THIS MORNING:
352
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1274
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
425
MORNING JOE:
934
NATIONAL REPORT:
226
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
1211
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
494
ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
763
NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
31
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
1346
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
490
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
582
12p OUTNUMBERED:
1506
INSIDE POLITICS:
536
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
612
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
199
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
1114
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
433
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
573
NEWSNATION NOW:
19
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
1079
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
434
AMERICAN AGENDA:
236
3p STORY, THE:
958
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
586
KATY TUR REPORTS:
749
NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
37
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
1098
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
605
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
1364
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
239
5p FIVE, THE:
2672
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
540
CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
259
HILL, THE:
30
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
1746
SITUATION ROOM:
557
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
1459
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
328
ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
42
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
1870
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
636
REIDOUT:
1204
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
395
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
64
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
1955
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
511
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
1493
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
426
CUOMO:
154
9p HANNITY:
1896
CNN PRIMETIME:
466
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
1454
CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD:
285
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
102
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
1617
CNN TONIGHT:
435
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
1638
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
292
BANFIELD:
84
11p GUTFELD!:
1762
CNN TONIGHT:
305
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
969
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
180
CUOMO:
84

25-54 Demo (thousands)

ET FNC CNN MSNBC NEWSMAX NEWSNATION
6a FOX AND FRIENDS:
129
CNN THIS MORNING:
67
MORNING JOE:
111
WISE GUYS WITH JOHN TABAC:
11
EARLY MORNING:
3
7a FOX AND FRIENDS:
157
CNN THIS MORNING:
67
WAKE UP AMERICA:
39
MORNING IN AMERICA:
2
8a FOX AND FRIENDS:
164
CNN THIS MORNING:
74
9a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
118
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
95
MORNING JOE:
112
NATIONAL REPORT:
34
10a AMERICAS NEWSROOM:
139
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
111
ANA CABRERA REPORTS:
85
NWSN LIVE W/ MARNI HUGHES:
8
11a FAULKNER FOCUS, THE:
170
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
113
JOSE DIAZ-BALART REPORTS:
74
12p OUTNUMBERED:
165
INSIDE POLITICS:
126
ANDREA MITCHELL REPORTS:
78
JOHN BACHMAN NOW:
22
1p AMERICA REPORTS:
132
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
115
CHRIS JANSING REPORTS:
80
NEWSNATION NOW:
7
2p AMERICA REPORTS:
114
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
105
AMERICAN AGENDA:
29
3p STORY, THE:
104
CNN NEWS CENTRAL:
141
KATY TUR REPORTS:
91
NEWSNATION NOW W/ BERLIE:
9
4p YOUR WORLD W/NEIL CAVUTO:
125
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
115
DEADLINE:WHITE HOUSE:
158
CHRIS SALCEDO SHOW, THE:
32
5p FIVE, THE:
302
LEAD WITH JAKE TAPPER:
109
CARL HIGBIE FRONTLINE:
36
HILL, THE:
6
6p SPECIAL RPT W/BRET BAIER:
197
SITUATION ROOM:
134
BEAT W/ARI MELBER:
150
RECORD WITH GRETA VAN SUS:
42
ELIZABETH VARGAS REPORTS:
4
7p JESSE WATTERS PRIMETIME:
187
ERIN BURNETT OUTFRONT:
121
REIDOUT:
144
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
54
ON BALANCE W/ VITTERT:
12
8p FOX NEWS TONIGHT:
186
ANDERSON COOPER 360:
95
ALL IN W/ CHRIS HAYES:
179
ERIC BOLLING THE BALANCE:
62
CUOMO:
35
9p HANNITY:
211
CNN PRIMETIME:
132
ALEX WAGNER TONIGHT:
162
CHRIS PLANTE RIGHT SQUAD:
33
DAN ABRAMS LIVE:
21
10p INGRAHAM ANGLE, THE:
241
CNN TONIGHT:
114
LAST WORD W/ L. ODONNELL:
135
GREG KELLY REPORTS:
23
BANFIELD:
20
11p GUTFELD!:
245
CNN TONIGHT:
76
11TH HOUR W/ S. RUHLE:
128
ROB SCHMITT TONIGHT:
19
CUOMO:
16

As for the three cable news networks overall, here are the total day averages in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.

Total viewers:

CNN: 437,000

Fox News: 1.34 million

MSNBC: 951,000

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 98,000

Fox News: 159,000

MSNBC: 116,000

Here are the prime time averages — encompassing shows which air from 8-11 p.m. — in total viewers and the 25-54 demo.

Total viewers:

CNN: 471,000

Fox News: 1.82 million

MSNBC: 1.53 million

25-54 Demo:

CNN: 114,000

Fox News: 213,000

MSNBC: 159,000

For more ratings information and analysis go to ShowBuzz Daily.

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